Matteo Ricci

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Matteo Ricci was a pioneering Italian Jesuit missionary and scholar who introduced Western science, mathematics, and Christianity to late Ming dynasty China while engaging deeply with Chinese language and culture.

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instanceOf Catholic priest
Jesuit missionary
Roman Catholic saint candidate
cartographer
human
missionary to China
scholar
sinologist
translator
approach adoption of Confucian terminology for Christianity
cultural accommodation
arrivedInBeijing 1601
arrivedInMacau 1582
arrivedInMainlandChina 1583
birthDate 1552-10-06
birthPlace Macerata
Marche
linked to: Marche region

Papal States
burialPlace Beijing
Zhalan Cemetery
causeForCanonizationStatus Servant of God
ChineseName 利瑪竇
ChineseNamePinyin Lì Mǎdòu
collaboratedWith Li Zhizao
Xu Guangqi
Yang Tingyun
commemoratedOn May 11
controversy Chinese Rites Controversy precursor
coTranslated Elements of Euclid into Chinese
countryOfCitizenship Papal States
courtTitle Western scholar at the Ming court
dateOfOrdination 1580
deathDate 1610-05-11
deathPlace Beijing
Ming dynasty
describedAs one of the founding figures of the Jesuit China mission
pioneer of modern Sino–Western relations
educatedAt Collegio Romano
Jesuit Roman College
enteredReligiousOrder 1571
era late Ming dynasty
ethnicGroup Italian
fieldOfWork Chinese classics
astronomy
cartography
mathematics
theology
hasMemorial Beijing
Macerata
honoredBy Pope Benedict XVI
Pope Francis
influenced Jesuit accommodationist approach in China
Li Zhizao
Xu Guangqi
Yang Tingyun
influencedBy Ignatius of Loyola
Thomas Aquinas
linked to: St. Thomas Aquinas
introducedToChina Euclidean geometry
Western astronomy
Western world maps
mechanical clocks
knownFor Jesuit China missions
adopting Confucian literati style
cultural exchange between Europe and China
introducing Christianity to late Ming China
introducing Western mathematics to China
introducing Western science to China
world map in Chinese
languageSpoken Classical Chinese
Italian
Latin
Portuguese
laterBasedInNanchang 1595
laterBasedInNanjing 1598
memberOf Society of Jesus
missionStartInAsia 1578
movement Jesuit China mission
name Matteo Ricci
nativeName Matteo Ricci
notableWork Jiren shipian
Kunyu Wanguo Quantu
The True Meaning of the Lord of Heaven
Tianzhu shiyi
occupation cartographer
mathematician
missionary
priest
translator
writer
portraitLocation Macerata
religion Catholicism
linked to: Roman Catholicism
religiousOrder Society of Jesus
settledInZhaoqing 1583
usedChineseTermForGod Shangdi
linked to: Heaven (Shangdi)

Tianzhu
veneratedIn Catholic Church
linked to: Roman Catholicism

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Xu Guangqi collaboratedWith Matteo Ricci
Xu Guangqi influencedBy Matteo Ricci
Jesuit missionaries notableMember Matteo Ricci
Chinese Rites controversy involves Matteo Ricci
Alessandro Valignano mentorOf Matteo Ricci
Alessandro Valignano associatedWith Matteo Ricci
Xu Guangqi collaboratedWith Matteo Ricci
subject linked to: Zixian
Xu Guangqi collaboratedWith Matteo Ricci
subject linked to: Xuanhu
Matteo Ricci name Matteo Ricci
Matteo Ricci nativeName Matteo Ricci